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The plan to Save Paris' most hated building
When the Tour Montparnasse opened in Paris in 1973, it was supposed to herald the city striding confidently into the future. Clean lines and sophisticated engineering, it was a world away from the smoky, louche world of yesterday’s Paris. The problem was, everybody quite liked the smoky, louche world of yesterday’s Paris.
The maligned Montparnasse skyscraper has spent the last 53 years being almost universally despised by Parisians. But a plan is afoot to transform the tower from the phantom of the opera to the belle of the ball.
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